What the Brain Thinks

"Sonu catch", the elder brother called out as he threw the tennis ball. No sooner had the ball made contact with his hand, there was a kick on his stomach. Coughing, he woke up from sleep. "Get up, chotte. It's getting late. Pick up your bowl and run at the signal. If you are not there in 5 minutes, I'll thrash you like the dog you are", scowling the brute moved out of the room. Rubbing his aching tummy, from under the rags, Sonu picked up the bowl and limped through the door. Regretting the day when he followed this brute, in temptation of chocolates. Only if he had listened to his brother and stayed back, this dream would have been a reality. He wiped the tears, flowing down his face. Sonu could be any kid, in our society. Never neglect such incidents. Probably this video will create awareness.

*Sniff* *Sniff* *Aachoo...* The most ignored sensory organ for most of us and yet sometimes it functions surprisingly. The role of the nose is noticed, when there is some intense scent that actuates it. I call it the most ignored cause even if your sense of smell is not functional, no one bothers about it, unless the nose is entirely missing, like that of Voldemort or Tyrion (from the books). This post should have been out a few weeks back, but excuse my indolence. So a few weeks back, there were 3 festivities in Mumbai. To start with, there was Ganesh chaturthi/visarjan . Each house or mandal (committee) that hosted the elephant god was filled with the scent of various agarbattis (incense sticks), heightened during the time of pooja (prayers). This bore a sense of positivity to almost all. The next thing to be noticed was the staunch smell of goats being cared for, before the advent of Eid ka chand (crescent moon). Some like it, others despise it, but every n...